David Kotok
David Kotok is the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Cumberland Advisors, a trusted source for market expertise, personal service, and individual and institutional money management. He has guided the firm's investment strategy since its inception in 1973. David is a celebrated genius when it comes to discerning the most important drivers of major global market trends. He is a frequent contributor to CNBC programs, including Morning Call, Power Lunch, Kudlow & Company, Squawk on the Street, Squawk Box Asia, and Worldwide Exchange. His articles and financial commentaries have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Yahoo! Finance, MoneyShow, The Huffington Post and other publications.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Director and Program Chairman, Global Interdependence Center
Member, National Association for Business Economics
Member, Philadelphia Council for Business Economics
Member, Philadelphia Financial Economists Group
CAREER
He chaired the Central Banking Series and organized a five-continent dialogue held in Cape Town, Hong Kong, Hanoi, Milan, Paris, Philadelphia, Prague, Rome, Santiago, Shanghai, Singapore, Tallinn, and Zambia.
He has served as a Commissioner of the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) and on the Treasury Transition Teams for NJ Governor's Kean and Whitman.
He has also served as a board member of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and as Chairman of NJ Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.
EDUCATION
B.S., Economics, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Organizational Dynamics, University of Pennsylvania
M.A., Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania